Robert D. Schaller, DO
Cardiology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
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About me

  • Director, Cardiac Lead Extraction Program
  • Co-Director, EP Clinical Research Program
  • Director, Cardiac Device Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Nova Southeastern University
  • Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital
  • Fellowship: Lenox Hill Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

511 reviews

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October 2025
explained everything to me where i can understand it
October 2025
i'm being truthful!
October 2025
wonderful and caring
October 2025
dr. schaller was very professional and exhibited genuine concern for my health.

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Schaller is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Schaller RD, Hanumanthu BK, Marchlinski FE, Cevasco M, Acker M, Cooper JM, Sadek MM. Transvenous Lead Extraction Should be Performed in the Electrophysiology Laboratory , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Enriquez A, Yogasundaram H, Neira V, Guandalini G, Markman T, Shivamurthy P, Hyman M, Hanumanthu B, Lin D, Schaller R, Supple G, Dixit S, Deo R, Nazarian S, Kumareswaran R, Riley M, Epstein AE, See V, Zado E, Callans D, Frankel D, Marchlinski F, Garcia F. Stepwise Anatomical Approach to Ablation of Intramural Outflow Tract Ventricular Arrhythmias Guided by Septal Coronary Venous Mapping , Circulation, 152: 2025,163-171

Vijayaraman P, Sharma PS, Atwater BD, Nair D, Joza J, Zanon F, Li W, Kim JA, Nabutovsky Y, Lee K, Schaller RD. Two-year follow-up of the safety and clinical outcomes of stylet-driven leads for left bundle branch area pacing compared with right ventricular pacing in the Medicare population , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Vojnika J, Martinez J, Garafolo S, Hyman MC, Shivamurthy P, Frankel DS, Lin D, Goldstein MA, Marchlinski FE, Tung R, Schaller RD. Intracardiac echocardiography-guided implantation of an atrial leadless pacemaker , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Markson FE, Abe TA, Frankel DS, Schaller RD. Incidence of Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy Among Patients With Leadless Versus Transvenous Ventricular Pacemakers , Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol: 2025

Litt M, Vijayaraman P, Schaller RD. Incidence and Predictors of Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Paced Patients Undergoing Attempted Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing , J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol: 2025

Oraii A, Hanumanthu BKJ, Petzl A, Liao TW, Afzalian A, Rodriguez-Queralto O, Chaumont C, Spears J, Markman TM, Hyman MC, Tschabrunn CM, Guandalini G, Enriquez A, Shivamurthy P, Kumareswaran R, Deo R, Ferrari VA, Riley MP, Lin D, Callans DJ, Supple GE, Schaller RD, Frankel DS, Garcia FC, Nazarian S, Dixit S, Marchlinski FE. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac amyloidosis and sarcoidosis: procedural findings and outcomes , Europace, 27: 2025,euaf100

Schaller RD, Brozoski J. Stylet stabilization during left bundle branch area pacing , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Shivamurthy P, Cevasco M, Supple GE, Hanumanthu BK, Markman TM, Guandalini G, Hyman MC, Enriquez A, Kumareswaran R, Fradley MG, Deo R, See VY, Riley M, Garcia F, Nazarian S, Lin D, Frankel DS, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Schaller RD. Epicardial placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in adults: Technical considerations, system performance, and clinical outcomes , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Shah S, Zalavadia D, Shah N, Ponnusamy SS, Vijayaraman P, Schaller RD. Outcomes of left bundle branch area pacing upgrade in patients with right ventricular pacing-induced cardiomyopathy , Heart Rhythm: 2025